The mother of synonyms: on the Meotica species of the Palaearctic Region (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Oxypodini) Author Assing, Volker Author Vogel, Jürgen text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2019 2019-12-20 51 2 731 772 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.3738506 685869d3-363a-4373-8250-4d5abe080321 0253-116X 3738506 016AAB3F-8AE2-4759-B95A-DEAA074768CD Meotica hispanica SCHEERPELTZ , 1954 Meotica hispanica SCHEERPELTZ, 1954a: 158 . Meotica hispanica : PACE (1983) . C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from "Mittelspanien (Sierra Guadarrama)" ( SCHEERPELTZ 1954a ). PACE (1983) studied two syntypes , which he regarded as "l'holotypus e l'allotypus" and provided illustrations of the aedeagus and the spermatheca. D i a g n o s i s: According to SCHEERPELTZ (1954), the abdominal tergite VI is distinctly impressed anteriorly. For illustrations of the distinctive primary sexual characters see PACE (1983) . D i s t r i b u t i o n: Central Spain.